# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=912 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 913 --- ## [Could Another "9/1/1" Take Place In The USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-another-9-1-1-take-place-in-the-usa/719794)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-another-9-1-1-take-place-in-the-usa/719794 "2015-05-13T09:21:44Z")
Based upon my many trips to Logan Airport (Boston), I say “yes”. First: the TSA is not good at recognizing really suspicious behavior. They focus on random searches, and use no systematic means of targeting. -Second: … --- ## [Well, this is different. Garland shooting: 2 killed after they open fire at Mohammed cartoon event.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-this-is-different-garland-shooting-2-killed-after-they-open-fire-at-mohammed-cartoon-event/719224)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-this-is-different-garland-shooting-2-killed-after-they-open-fire-at-mohammed-cartoon-event/719224 "2015-05-13T05:25:34Z")
Good place to have a Mohammad 'toon convention? --- ## [What happens if banking computer systems collapse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-banking-computer-systems-collapse/719846)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-banking-computer-systems-collapse/719846 "2015-05-13T04:12:53Z")
Suppose a little magnetar floats by, a little too close to earth, and under its malign magnetic influence all data were to be erased… hard disks, tapes, everything that depended on magnetic persistence. The civilization … --- ## [Which pillow? Small-built gal with pain. Tried several](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-pillow-small-built-gal-with-pain-tried-several/719717)
**Author:** [@Minni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minni)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-pillow-small-built-gal-with-pain-tried-several/719717 "2015-05-13T02:26:42Z")
Hi, all. Please be warned that this is a detailed question, but I had no choice since I wanted to convey the background details in the hope of accurate answers. Now some background. I’ve already tried several types of … --- ## [How could burger flipping be cheaply automated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-burger-flipping-be-cheaply-automated/719665)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-burger-flipping-be-cheaply-automated/719665 "2015-05-13T02:26:24Z")
When you read the comments of virtually every article written about the desire to raise the minimum wage to $15 at least a few commenters sagely say that if they raise the minimum wage that high burger places will “just”… --- ## [Computery stuff. Integration. Platforms. WTF? Who and what do I ask for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computery-stuff-integration-platforms-wtf-who-and-what-do-i-ask-for/719885)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computery-stuff-integration-platforms-wtf-who-and-what-do-i-ask-for/719885 "2015-05-13T01:36:56Z")
So, your humble remodeler, fisha, has a problem. Part of my problem is I don’t know the correct words or ideas to even ask for help. I am going to be integrating several completely different programs to provide an onli… --- ## [Inheritance Loans. How do they work? should I do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inheritance-loans-how-do-they-work-should-i-do-it/681557)
**Author:** [@Jimmyhat4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmyhat4)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2014, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inheritance-loans-how-do-they-work-should-i-do-it/681557 "2014-02-23T07:26:15Z")
Recently I came into some inheritance money via death of a relative. The catch is the way the fund is set up I cannot access the money until i am 30 years of age (now 25 years old) so i will not be able to see the money … --- ## [If You Know Anything About Backs... What's Wrong With Mine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-know-anything-about-backs-whats-wrong-with-mine/719286)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-know-anything-about-backs-whats-wrong-with-mine/719286 "2015-05-13T01:05:47Z")
I don’t have major back pain. But I do have a minor amount of low back/sacral pain often, and sciatica sometimes pretty severely- enough that I take a couple of ibuprofen most nights before bed, because even if it doesn’… --- ## [Poll: Are you afraid of ISIS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-afraid-of-isis/719870)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-afraid-of-isis/719870 "2015-05-13T00:45:19Z")
Just a gut reaction, when you see that question. Are you afraid of ISIS, ir ISIL, or the Islamist State or whatever the media is calling them today? --- ## [People of male persuasion: What does "no make up" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-male-persuasion-what-does-no-make-up-mean/717555)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-male-persuasion-what-does-no-make-up-mean/717555 "2015-05-12T22:06:39Z")
To you, what does it entail when someone says that a girl is “wearing no make-up”? I am asking specifically males here, as this is intended to be a question about how guys understand the phrase. This is in response to a… --- ## [Short but probably colloquial German translation - The Sequel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-probably-colloquial-german-translation-the-sequel/719779)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-probably-colloquial-german-translation-the-sequel/719779 "2015-05-12T21:38:02Z")
GD material, I suppose, but pretty trival, so here: I need a title for a column that is colloquially correct German for “Fred’s German \[Junk | Stuff | Crap \]”. Gogol Mistranslate won’t quite make sense to me on this phr… --- ## [Are we "meant" to be herbivores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-meant-to-be-herbivores/719539)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-meant-to-be-herbivores/719539 "2015-05-12T20:06:15Z")
I like eating meat but read that we don’t have the enzymes to digest cellulose. I thought that was a good argument against being a vegan then I did some more research… Then it quotes this: Then it goes on to say: … --- ## [Have you ever stopped using social media because it made you feel bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stopped-using-social-media-because-it-made-you-feel-bad/719811)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stopped-using-social-media-because-it-made-you-feel-bad/719811 "2015-05-12T20:00:45Z")
I just read this sad piece about a young girl who seemed picture-perfect on Instagram and Facebook, but in reality was hiding some serious pain. The part of the story that struck me was how–despite knowing that her onli… --- ## [Most Influential Lesbian/Bisexual Women Couple - Pre 20th Century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-influential-lesbian-bisexual-women-couple-pre-20th-century/719863)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-influential-lesbian-bisexual-women-couple-pre-20th-century/719863 "2015-05-12T19:04:28Z")
Here’s a question: in history, who was the most influential lesbian couple? Influential any way you like - on politics, on culture, on science. Only caveat, to make the topic challenging: has to be pre-20th century … t… --- ## [Is Sun Tzu The Art Of War overrated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sun-tzu-the-art-of-war-overrated/719728)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sun-tzu-the-art-of-war-overrated/719728 "2015-05-12T16:46:36Z")
I’m not asking if the book contains helpful information in terms of battlefield tactics, I’m asking is it really the best book on that subject ever written and is the knowledge in that book really indispensable to winnin… --- ## [What Is The Future of the Middle East?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-future-of-the-middle-east/718892)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-future-of-the-middle-east/718892 "2015-05-12T15:19:31Z")
I take a long view-I see the current conflicts as the end of the “old order” set up by the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1919 (which carved up the former Ottoman Empire into the countries we call Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan,… --- ## [How Did the Flies Get into the House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-flies-get-into-the-house/719437)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-flies-get-into-the-house/719437 "2015-05-12T12:57:22Z")
So today I noticed a half dozen monster-sized flies in the kitchen and was wondering how they got there. I’m sure quite a few people here have experienced similar events. Explanations? The most likely one I come up with… --- ## [Does anyone actually use Monster.com these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-actually-use-monster-com-these-days/719765)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-actually-use-monster-com-these-days/719765 "2015-05-12T11:39:22Z")
From my sample set of 20 and 30-year olds, I know of no one who uses Monster.com. I signed up years and years ago back when it was new and popular, but never actually used it for a job. I now only know it exists thanks… --- ## [Let's talk Uber from a driver's perspective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-uber-from-a-drivers-perspective/715824)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-uber-from-a-drivers-perspective/715824 "2015-05-12T09:26:49Z")
We’ve had a few threads recently about Uber & Lyft, but few of the posts seem to be about being a driver. Anyone here have that kind of experience? What percentage of the passenger fee is remitted to the driver? Does … --- ## [What do you think about public and private school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-public-and-private-school/719553)
**Author:** [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-public-and-private-school/719553 "2015-05-12T03:37:47Z")
So, the eldest of my children is getting to be pre-K age, so of course flyers for various private K-12 schools are starting to show up in my mailbox. While my wife and are are just planning to send out kid to the local (… --- ## [Who does the Human Resources Department serve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-the-human-resources-department-serve/719330)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-the-human-resources-department-serve/719330 "2015-05-12T03:19:31Z")
Many times on this message board when people have brought up problems in the workplace, a common response would be “Contact HR. That’s what they are there for.” But when the problem in the workplace is with management,… --- ## [Seattle suggestions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-suggestions/718721)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-suggestions/718721 "2015-05-12T02:47:23Z")
I’m going to Seattle for a week next Saturday. What do you all recommend for activities? Note: as much as I’d love to go hiking, the friends I am visiting are just about the kind of folks you hear stories of being meld… --- ## [Recommend a Printer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-printer/719635)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-printer/719635 "2015-05-12T01:37:54Z")
I’m re-enrolling in College, & I need a printer. I need– \[ul\] \[li\]Low Cost For Ink/Toner\[/li\]\[li\]Color\[/li\]\[li\]Small in size\[/li\]\[li\]less than $250.\[/li\]\[li\]Reliable\[/li\]\[/ul\] Recommendations? --- ## [Thinking about buying a big ass John Deere garden tractor. Talk me down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-buying-a-big-ass-john-deere-garden-tractor-talk-me-down/719666)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-buying-a-big-ass-john-deere-garden-tractor-talk-me-down/719666 "2015-05-12T01:27:28Z")
I have about two acres, one acre of lawn and one acre of woods. The wooded part has quite a few dead ash trees which I will be cutting up and hauling to the woodpile. Also, I have a fairly steep hill that I need to climb… --- ## [You can cure all cancer globally but 10 innocent people must die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-cure-all-cancer-globally-but-10-innocent-people-must-die/719436)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-cure-all-cancer-globally-but-10-innocent-people-must-die/719436 "2015-05-12T00:05:21Z")
You can cure all cancer globally but 10 innocent people must die. Let me give you two scenarios: Scenario A: You have what you think is a cure for cancer. (I know the details will get shaky, bear with me). You take 20 p… --- ## [No. Va. to DC commuters: I-66 on Friday morning. Need answer fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-to-dc-commuters-i-66-on-friday-morning-need-answer-fast/719327)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-to-dc-commuters-i-66-on-friday-morning-need-answer-fast/719327 "2015-05-12T00:01:15Z")
I’ll be taking a group of school kids from Manassa, VA, to the Capitol this Friday morning. Unfortunately, we don’t have the option of taking VRE, which was my first choice. We’ll have to drive. We have to be at the Rus… --- ## [No water pressure w/new water heater- dope plumber NAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-water-pressure-w-new-water-heater-dope-plumber-naf/719809)
**Author:** [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-water-pressure-w-new-water-heater-dope-plumber-naf/719809 "2015-05-11T22:07:31Z")
Please help. Got a handyman to install a new gas water heater in the house this morning. He says he only shut off the water at the heater input line and didn’t touch any other valves or inlets. Hubby says he didn’t tou… --- ## [Car repair question - hopefully simple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-repair-question-hopefully-simple/719786)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-repair-question-hopefully-simple/719786 "2015-05-11T20:58:38Z")
My Acura is about ten years old, and is having trouble starting…sometimes. I just replaced the battery a month or two ago, so it’s not that. When I go to start it, sometimes it’ll give a little grumble, and then go see… --- ## [Minimum Wage Idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-wage-idea/719339)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-wage-idea/719339 "2015-05-11T20:40:56Z")
My idea (at least I think it is) would be to have businesses pay minimum wage on a sliding scale like how individuals pay taxes. Just quick numbers in my head that have no real world calculations: Businesses with reven… --- ## [Restaurant Impossible/ Kitchen Nightmares - been to any?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-impossible-kitchen-nightmares-been-to-any/719785)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-impossible-kitchen-nightmares-been-to-any/719785 "2015-05-11T20:31:34Z")
There is a show called “Restaurant Impossible” and another called “Kitchen Nightmares” with Gordon Ramsey. in each one they go into a failing restaurant and turn it around. My question is, have you ever been to a restau… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=911) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=913)